Road work will be stopped on Interstate 95, the Merritt Parkway, Post Road (Route 1), Route 7, Route 123 and other busier secondary roads to ease the anticipated increased congestion due to the power disruption on Metro-North’s New Haven Line.

Work on the lane expansion project on I-95 in Norwalk has been suspended until further notice, and there will be no lane closures except in the case of an emergency. Malloy said the halt on routine road work in the area will continue until further notice.

‘Frustrated at this situation’

“Needless to say, I am frustrated at this situation and continue to press the folks at Con Ed and Metro-North to fix it as quickly as possible,” Malloy said. “But until the problems are alleviated, we need to take whatever steps we can to help mitigate congestion on roadways.

“Our state transportation crews,” he continued, “have halted all routine road work in the area and are working to ensure that the expected increase in traffic moves safely and efficiently.”

The halted routine maintenance includes mowing, patching, catch-basin brush clearing, tree trimming and line striping. All bridge maintenance — which requires lane closure for the safety of workers — is being done at night, and any night work will be stopped and cleared by 6 a.m.

Assistance patrols are ready to help

The DOT’s Service Patrols — the large trucks with flashing lights that assist motorists whose vehicles have broken down — have been placed at various points along I-95 off the roadway to help with getting disabled vehicles off the road as quickly as possible and to assist with other congestion mitigation where necessary.

On Thursday morning, the DOT reported that traffic on I-95 and the Merritt Parkway was only slightly heavier than normal for a weekday morning rush.

Updates on the Metro-North situation continue to be posted on DOT’s website (www.ct.gov/dot) and on Metro-North’s website (www.mta.info/mnr).